Launch Your Own Web Site, for Free, On Google

Google on Thursday announced the widespread availability of the new Google Sites app. Integrated into Google Apps, Sites gives users the ability to create Web pages that can be securely hosted by Google.

Google today announced the widespread availability of the new Google Sites app. Launched back in February, the site was initially limited to use by companies and organizations. Integrated into Google Apps, Sites gives users the ability to create Web pages that can be securely hosted by Google at http://sites.google.com/[your-website].

The new app lets you create Web pages "from scratch with the click of a button," according to Google. Sites features built-in WYSIWYG editing tools similar to those in Google Docs, as well as embeddable documents, calendars, photos, videos, and gadgets.

Also like Docs, Sites gives editors a variety of privacy levels, making sites created with the app vieawable only by those who have been given access.

Google suggests a wide variety of projects that can be created using the new program, including, team projects, company intranets, community groups, classrooms, clubs, and family updates.

Brian Heater has worked at a number of tech pubs, including Engadget, Laptop, and PCMag (where he served as Senior Editor). Most recently, he was as the Managing Editor of TechTimes.com. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The Onion, Boing Boing, Publishers Weekly, The Daily Beast and various other publications. He hosts the weekly Boing Boing interview podcast RiYL, has appeared as a regular NPR contributor and shares his Queens apartment with a rabbit named Lucy.
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